Category Archives: Software

While it’s true that mining for cryptocurrency consumes significant amounts of power, in many cases the media makes highly inaccurate estimates regarding power consumption. In addition, journalists often lack an understanding of how blockchains or even just electricity works. “Ethereum could be using more than a country’s worth of electricity” reads a title from futurism.com.… Read More »

Bitcoin’s price has risen from $750 to $1060 in the past month, which has created a huge surge in activity. Unfortunately, this activity has caused the network to stagnate, with many transactions taking several hours to confirm. The source of the stagnation stems from a technical limitation of the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin’s public transaction record,… Read More »

Dolby announced today that Axon, their surround sound voice chat software, is shutting down on December 5, 2016. All user data will be erased one week after the shut down. Users will not be able to use the software after the shut down, as it relies on their servers to operate. Dolby Axon is… Read More »

AMD’s ‘Capsaicin’ show was quite a unique experience. The entire theme of the event revolved around alcohol, hot peppers, and having fun. Weeks prior to the show, AMD employees even tweeted about hot peppers to hype up the show, leaving readers confused. A weird metaphor was made about power efficiency, comparing the power efficiency advancements… Read More »

Are your documents gone after upgrading to windows 10? Did you notice that your files disappeared when Windows 10 was installed? This guide will help you get your files, pictures and documents back where they should be. After upgrading to windows 10, some people have reported their files not showing when viewing the documents folder, photos folder, etc.… Read More »

If you’ve discussed game optimization on message boards or forums before, you’ve probably seen people say thing like “this game only uses 2 cores”, this game only makes use of 4 cores”, etc. This is usually a misinterpretation of CPU usage statistics. There’s two ways that people generally interpret the amount of cores used by… Read More »

Users have reported seeing ads for a game called “Rise of the Tomb Raider” on their lock screen. Luckily, this function can be disabled, so that you set up the lock screen to show a picture of your choice, or even a slideshow of pictures of your choice: Step 1: left click the windows button, then click… Read More »

A user on Reddit has discovered an exploit that allows third party servers to write files of any type, including executable files, to any location on a client’s computer. The exploit also allows them to spoof the steam id, bypass cmd restrictions, and displaying a higher playercount than is actually true. By sending a .bat file… Read More »

Black Desert Online, currently in closed beta, contains a critical bug that changes 144 hz monitors to run at 60 hz and 60 hz monitors to run at 30 hz if dedicated fullscreen is selected. This change persists even after the game is closed, meaning the desktop as well as other games are now running at 60… Read More »

Last June, Valve released its automated refunds system, which utilizes a strict criteria for determining if you’re eligible for a refund. The basic criteria is as follows: You must refund within 14 days of purchase(or 14 days of launch if it’s a pre-purchase). You cannot refund a title if you’ve played for more than 2 hours. DLC… Read More »